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By FRANK JENKINS
Here in Klamath county thanks
to a wise policy initiated back
in the early 1930s we are re
markably free from public debt.
Klamath county, as a political
unit, has NO funded debt. That
is to say, Klamath county has
outstanding NO general obligation
bonds.
Here in the city of Klamath
Falls, there remains yet to be
paid some $560,000 of a bond is
sue of $800,000 put out some years
ago to pay for a new basic sewer
system. It was felt at the time
that $800,000 was too much to
take out of the taxpayers' pock
ets all at once.
It was a serial bond issue
meaning that so much of the
total would be paid in install
ments each year. A total of $240,
000 has already been paid, leav
ing only $560,000 yet to be paid.
Some years ago, the South
Suburban Sanitary District, fac
ing the same problem that had
been faced by the city, voted a
bond issue of $1,800,000 to pro
vHe needed drainage and sani
. tary facilities.
This also was a serial issue,
calling for payment in yearly in
stallments. As of now, a total of
$134,000 has been paid, leaving
yet to be paid a total of $1,666,
000. In this case, as in the case
of the city sewer bonds, it was
felt that the total of $1,800,000
was too much to take out of the
taxpayers' pockets all at once.
' The two big school districts,
District No. 1 and District No. 2,
have NO outstanding bonded debt.
They continue to pay their way
as they go.
;: Looks pretty good, doesn't it?
But wait a minute.
' It isn't quite as good as it
looks.
f Klamath county is a part of
the United States.
, Its share of the federal debt of
the United States is $75,960,000!
i How is that figure arrived at?
' Like this:
The per capita debt of the Unit
ed States is $1600. At the 1960
census, the population of Klam
ath county was iiAo. Sixteen
hundred dollars times 47,475 per
sons comes to a total of $75,
960,000. So, you see, Klamath county
isn't practically free from debt.
It owes nearly seyettty'-six mil
lion dollars. , ?
That's a lot of money.
One more figure (or compari
son: The assessed value of all the
property in Klamath county is
$88,121,971.
Which is to say:
Klamath county's share of the
federal debt of the United States
amounts to 86.4 per cent of the
assessed value of all the prop
erty in Klamath county.
Thousands Hunt
Missing Girl
NAPA, Calif. (UPI Thousands
of policemen, military personnel
and civilian volunteers extended
Saturday a painstaking "inch by
inch" search for a missing 5
year-old Napa girl which already
has covered 100 square miles of
Napa County.
About 3500 men blanketed tin
Napa area, including the Napa
River, in a vain attempt to find
Doreen Jleskett, missing since
Monday. Undersheriff Wesley
Gardner of Napa County said the
county had been covered in
."inch by inch" search.
Police were checking on known
jtak deviates in the area on the
Theory the blue-eyed blonde girl
who failed to return home after:
visiting a friend's house had been
kidnaped. Olliccrs said a young
man who once lived near the Hes
kett home was being sought in the
Orovillc area.
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MERRILL LIONS DONATE A pledge of $500 was made to th. Intercommunity
Hoipital Fund drive by members of the Merrill lions Club at their recent meeting.
Shown here offering their pledge are, left to right, Bill Gasser, "Tailtwiiter;" Bob
Dragoo, one of Merrill campaign captains; Jim Chance, president of the Merrill club
and Lloyd A. Henderson, Merrill campaign chairman.
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On Oregon Ralls
SALEM L'PI - The third
brakemen on Oregon freight
trains were assured of their jobs
for two more years Friday, but
railroads and unions were told to
get together on a more perma
nent settlement.
The Senate Committee on Com
merce and Utilities voted to leave
Oregon's full crew law on long
freight trains as it is, with one
exception.
The committee accepted a un
ion proposal to update the 50-year-old
law by deleting the ref
erence to steam trains, mak-1
ing it clear the law also applies
to diesel trains.
The law requires a crew of six
including three brakemen, on
freight trains in Oregon over 40
cars traveling more than 15
miles.
The railroads had asked for
elimination of the requirement for
a third brakeman, saying he was
no longer needed on modern
trains.
The unions replied he was nec
essary tor safety.
The railroads noted they were
First Polaris
To Mediterranean Post
WASHINGTON lUPD-The first
U.S. nuclear submarine armed
with deadly Polaris missiles has
taken up its station in the Medi
terranean, signalling a far-reach-
ing strategic shift in the free
world defenses against the Soviet
Union.
Entry of the first of three Po
laris submarines was announced
Saturday by the Defense Depart
ment in a 26-word statement. As
signment of the Polaris under
water force to the Mediterranean
precedes the removal of 45 obso
lescent U.S. land-based missiles
from Italy and Turkey.
Dismantling of 15 Jupiter mis
siles in Turkey and the 30 in
Unions Drop
Rule Battle
CHICAGO (UPI)-A long, cost
ly court battle to prevent the
nation's railroads from enforcing
anti - featherbedding work rule
changes was abandoned Friday
by five rail unions.
A federal court injunction plac
ing a moratorium on rule changes
was expected to be lifted early
next week.
The railroads indicated they
would then move quickly to put
into effect the sweeping changes
despite a threatened strike by the
210,000 on-train workers.
President Kennedy could stall
off for 60 days both unilateral
rule changes by the carriers and
an economy - crippling strike by
the unions by appointing a board
to investigate the years-long dis
pute over the elimination ot jobs
Both sides admitted such presi
dential action was likely.
The unions representing engi
neers, conductors, firemen, train
men and switchmen let a 25-day
appeal period go by without peti
tioning the U. S. Supreme Court
to reconsider its March 4 deci
sion.
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losing $1.7 million a year by pay
ing for third brakemen in Ore
gon, one of only six states re
quiring them.
The unions replied several hun
dred men would lose their jobs.
Committee Chairman Alfred
Corbett, D-Portland, made it clear
there were two separate qucs
tions: Safety, and jobs. He said
the legislature was unequipped to
make a safety judement, and the
job problem should not be writ
ten into a law.
The vote to kill the bill for a
reduced crew was unanimous, as
was the vote lo delete the steam
reference in the law.
ine committee decision came
after railroad spokesman Randall
rvester said ine railroads were
willing lo accept an attrition
clause so that third brakemen
positions would be eliminated
onlv w-hen there were vacancies
in the positions held by present
brakemen.
On the other side, union attor
ney Alex Parks said the unions
were willing to have an impartial
study of safety factors.
Sub Sent
Italy is expected to be completed
early in April, informed defense
sources said.
Each of the three Polaris sub
marines in the Mediterranean
will carry 16 nuclear missiles
with a range of 1,700 miles
enough to zero in on targets deep
in Soviet territory should war
come.
Not Identified
The Pentagon did not identify
the first sub. It merely said
Assigned to the Supreme Allied
Command for Europe for duty in
the Mediterranean, the first of
three Polaris-equipped, nuclear-
powered submarines is now on
station."
The shift from land-based mis
siles to the Polaris held overtones
of last fall's Cuban missile crisis.
At one point, Soviet Premier Ni
kita Khrushchev offered to pull
his nuclear missiles out of Cuba
if President Kennedy would dis
band U.S. missile bases in the
Mediterranean.
The President rejected the pro
posal and sources have since said
that the dismantling of the Amer
ican missile sites in Italy and
Turkey had been under considera
tion long before the Cuban crisis
arose.
Pending oft-postponed negotia
tions with Spain for a Polaris
base near the Straits of Gibraltar,
the Mediterranean contingent of
the Polaris fleet is to be based
at Holy Loch. Scotland.
On Duty
At least two of the three subs
are to be on duty at all times.
In addition to the withdrawal
from Italy and Turkey, 60 Thor
from Italy and Turkey, 60 Thor
missiles which were installed at
bases in England early in I960,
are being removed. This move
was announced last Aug. 1.
The country's total investment
in the Jupiter and Thor missiles
is listed by the Defense Depart
ment at just over $!8 billion.
The returned missiles will be
modified to serve as boosters in
space launchings for either mili
tary or civilian purposes.
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FRIENDLY GREETING Gov. Mark Hatfield, left, is greeted warmly by two of the
delegates to the Second Annual Building Trades Council meeting here Saturday at
the conclusion of his address. Smiling in congratulations are Asa T. Williams Sr.,
center, president of Carpenters Union 226, and R. Anderson, delegate from the
Albany Carpenters Union 2133. Governor Hatfield left immediately after the ad
dress for Salem. '
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COOPERATION POINTED UP Gov. Mark Hatfield,
above, in his address to the Building Trades Council
underscored the need for continuity in labor-management
relations to lessen misunderstandings. The governor
also pointed up the need for study by labor of the auto
mation problem.
Modified Split Schedule
Plan Considered For KU
A modification of the split
schedule was proposed by the
school administration Friday af
ternoon at the high school during
a meeting of the recently formed
parents' committee and school
administrators.
Willard McKinny. KU principal.
announced the administration was
considering a plan in which quali
fied students would be able to
take a sixth subject.
McKinny said it may be pos
sible for sophomores, juniors and
seniors to attend school during
the morning session and the
freshmen attending in the after
noon. Qualified students attending in
the morning might be able to
take the sixth subject by slaying
for the first period in the alter
noon.
Mob Jeers
JFK Remark
VALENCIA, Spain UPI - A
mob of 300 students chanting
"Yankee go home" demonstrated
in front of the American Consu
late here today to protest Presi
dent Kennedy's "insulting refer
ences" lo Spanish history in a re
cent speech in Costa Rica.
The students demonstrated for
15 minutes. One student threw a
stone that broke a window.
The embassy was all but closed
for the weekend. Only three em
ployes were in the building.
A note delivered by the students
said they were angry over Ken
nedy's "insulting references" to
Spanish colonialism in Latin
America. They said he made the
insults in his speech to the Intra
American Presidents' meeting in
Costa Rica.
"That was not the best way to
gel Spain's friendship," the note
said.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
There will be further study on
the proposed modification in the
next lew weeks and a detailed
announcement concerning the pro.
posal will be made after careful
study.
McKinny stated that all pres
ent realize that this situation is
not ideal, but may be the best
workable arrangement under the
circumstances unlil a new build
ing or reorganization is achieved.
Vote Planned
By Engravers
NEW YORK (UP1 1 -Striking
photocngravcrs vote Sunday on
what New York City publishers1
sav is their "unconditional" and
"final" contract odor. The strik
ers were expected to ratify fhe
pact, ending the city's 113 -day
newspaper blackout.
Mayor Robert F. Wagner an
nounced Saturday that the pub
lishers accepted certain non
monetary revisions worked out
by Frank J. McGowan and other
leaders of photocngravcrs union
Local I.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1961
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Trades Hear
Hatfield Talk
Gov. Mark Hatfield in an ad
dress Saturday afternoon before
the Second Annual Convention of
the Oregon State Building Trades
Council held here, appealed to
the people to help "snatch higher
education from the Jaws of devas
tation in this session of the leg
islature." Noting a "serious probability of
a $5 million cut in that budget,"
he said the legislature (aces two
choices.
"It can by its inaction make
Harry, Truman's 'do nothing'
charges about the Both Congress
pale by comparison, ' he said.
"Or it can move out of com
mittees and onto the floor some
of its enlightened, progressive
proposals which further human
ity and prepare for the future."
Appealing to the people, the
governor declared, "Your voice
can still he heard. Make it
known."
"Failure of friends of education
to react would be tragic," he
said. "Failure to react by those
who abhor the individious abroga
tion of responsibility would be un
conscionable."
He said the legislature's treat
ment of higher education threat
ens the teachers, researchers.
and the facilities from which come
ourWoclors, our improved agri
culture productivity, the profes
sions." llallield said cuts at the medi
cal school, hospitals and clinics
could curtail treatment of some
131.000 patients. He said agricul
tural experiment stations could be
closed, research curtailed drastic
ally, and 4-H programs immobil
ized.
"If Oregon is lo achieve major
league status in the eyes of the
nation, we cannot tolerate public
officials who do not know the
meaning of team play, coopcra
lion and dedication," he said.
The governor praised the build
ing trades for a high rate of em
ployment this winter.
Turning to a familiar theme, he
said Oregon is "far ahead of the
Pacific Northwest states in new
jobs," partly, he said, because of
labor interest in productivity
Hatfield reiterated "the need
for continuity of labor - manage
ment relations before and after
contract negotiations."
Hatfield noted the growing
problems raised by automation,
and added, "No greater invest
ment could be made by organized
labor today than expending part
of their treasury funds in attack
ing this problem."
The governor arrived here early
Saturday afternoon in time for
the address and left immediately
following.
Rain, Winds
Slap Nation
Bv I'niled Press International
Spring rains and gusty winds
ixjundwl the nation Saturday from
coaf-t to coast. The Midwest
basked in near-record warm tcm
pcratures.
Wind gusts of 52 miles an hour
shattered windows and collapsed
a wall of a new church on Chi
cago's South Side Friday, the
city's warmest day since Oct. 15,
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W ASHINGTON UPl - The
government took intensive steps
Saturday to prevent anti Castro
refugees from conducting hit-and-run
raids against Cuba from U.S.
territory lest they provoke armed
conflict.
The Slate and Justice Depart
ments announced (lie tougher new
moves that will involve the Coast
Guard, the FBI, the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, ami
the Customs Bureau.
Officials said this meant more
men, ships and planes would be
used to insure that attacks such
as the recent ones that blasted
strafed Soviet ships in Cuban
ports do not stem (rom U. S.
territory, including Puerto Rico.
The joint Stale-Justice depart
ment statement said the United
Slates sympathized with the de
sire of Cubans to see their coun
try freed from Castro's Commu
nist control.
But the agencies said this coun
try could not allow violations of
U. S. laws or "tolerate activities
which might provoke armed re
prisals, the brunt of which would
be borne by the armed services
of the United States.
Officials said the following ac
tions would be taken immediately
to make certain that none of the
attacks was "launched, manned
or equipped from U. S. terri
tory": The Coast Guard, which carries
out botli sea and air patrols, will
step up operations checking all
suspect vessels pulling out from
Florida or nearby U. S. territory
for Cuban forays.
The FBI will increase its in
vestigations among Cuban refugee
groups in the Miami area, parti-
Shipper Asks
For Defense
NEW YORK (UPD Either air
cover lor American snips on
Caribbean trade routes or per
mission to arm the ships has
been asked of President Kennedy
by the owners of the motor vessel
Floridian.
Less than 18 hours afler two
Soviet-built jet fighters fired ma
chine cannons across the bow and
the slcrn of the Meridian near
Cuba, the South Atlantic and
Caribbean Lines dispatched the
request to the While House.
klPW DTI BUILDINGS
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been authorized for construction under the Phase II development program for the
new Oregon Technical Institute campus. Upper drawing is of the physical education
facility which will provide a main gymnasium plus activity areas with movable
partitions. Lower drawing is the library-commons building. The type of construction
will be the same as the structures now under way at the campus site.
Bids Sought For Five New
Buildings At Oregon Tech
Rids on five new buildings and
road and parking area paving
have been asked by the Oregon
State Board of Higher Educa
tion for the new Oregon Tech
campus.
TlK'.se bids are to be opened
at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30.
Tlie bids are to cover construc
tion of a shops building, a
physical plant building, an ad
ministration building, a physi
cal education building and a li
brary-commons building, in addi
tion to the paving of roads and
parking areas on the campus.
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Moves To
cularly the more militant
moms, to see who may be supply
ing money or other assistance for
the raiders.
The Immigration and Naturali
zation Service will add more man
jiower to check the movements of
Cuban refugees who might be
come involved in military assaults
against their homeland.
Officials said they were acting
under two laws:
The Neutrality Act which pro
hibits groups organized as mili
tary or naval expeditions from
departing the United States to
take action as a military force
against a nation with whom 'the
United Stales is not formally at
war.
The Molorboat Act of 11140 which
empowers the Coast Guard to
stop and search any craft to see
Major Measures Near
Floor Of Legislature
SALEM lUPIl - Committees!
were showing signs of sending a
few major pieces of legislation to
the floor soon as the Oregon Leg
islature Saturday rounded out its
llth week.
The Ways and Means Commit
tee, scrutinizing budget after
budget, gave overwhelming ap
proval to one of the most dis
puted proposals of the session: A
reduction in the state civil defense
staff from 18 to 3.
The House Tax Committee indi
cated it was about ready to kick
out some of the measures needed
tu raise the money to balance the
stale budget for the coming bi-
enmum.
Here is how major legislation
stands:
lludgel Ways and Means con
tinues its efforts lo reduce Gov.
Mark Hatfield's proposed $405
million budget by $15-20 million.
Of about 100 budget bills, some of
the smaller ones already have
passed the two houses and been
signed by the governor. Review
of the biggest and most serious
budgets those dealing with edu
cationgoes on.
Tax The House Tax Commit
tee, source of all major revenue
raising bills, indicated it will start
sending some of the smaller tax
measures to the floor soon to
see how they go." The committee
Pictured here are two of the
Separate prime bids will be
received (or the general con
struction work, the mechanical
construction work, the electrical
construction work or a combina
tion of tliese divisions.
Construction of these build
ings plus the paving work in the
area will prepare the campus for
the move from the old OTI site
in the fall of
Architectural firm for the Ore
gon Tech campus project is Skid-
more, Owings and Merrill, Port
land. Tho physical education facility
Weather
Klamath Falls, Tulelake and
Lakeview Partly cloudy, windy
and cold with a few brief showers
today. High Sunday 48. Clearing
and colder tonight with low of
18-22. Partly cloudy and warmer
on Monday. High 55. Northwest
winds 10-20 m.p.h.; light and
variable tonight and Monday,
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ele-jthat it has the proper safety
equipment and meets other re
quirements for putting to sea.
The State and Justice depart
ments stressed that the recent
raids which brought protests from
both Russia and Cuba "have not
in fact been launched from the
territory of the United States."
But the crackdown obviously
was aimed at preventing the re
cent Cuban shooting incidents
from boiling up into a new crisis
with Soviet Premier - Nikita
Khrushchev. ; .
The U. S. policy was made
public two days after Soviet-built
Cuban MIGS fired on an Ameri
can freighter the Floridian, la
international waters off Cuba.
The Castro regime, in an unusual
move, claimed the shooting was
"probably" an error.
is proceeding with discussions on
what Its major revenue measures
a new income tax law and a
cigarette tax should contain. The
Senate Tax Committee is waiting
for the House to act.
Education Higher education's
legislative activity centers on its
budget. The amount of basic sup
port for schools and high schools
probably will be one of the last'
matters taken up. The house has
called for some changes in Basic
School Fund procedures. There
has been little decision on com
munity culleges.
Labor The House Labor and
Industries Committee has suggest:
ed employe contributions to the
unemployment compensation fluid,
along with better benefits. The
Senate committee still is trying to
write a new workmen's compensa
tion law. Railroad unions won re
tention of Oregon's present full
crew law, but were told to get
together with management to seek
a more permanent solution.
Highways A bill reducing fuc!
taxes for heavy trucks won Sen
ate Highway Committee approval.
It raises taxes for lighter trucks.
A bill for traffic arrests on "prob
able cause" was sent to the House
floor. The House voted to clamp
down on drivers who try to flee
an officer. Other traffic safety
measures are still in committee.
five new buildings which have
which will provide a main gym
nasium plus activity areas divid
ed by movable partitions will cov
er about 52,350 square feet. '
The library-commons buildjig
will have a total area of 19,800
square feet. Similar construction
is planned for both units, includ
ing concrete columns, steel roof
system, wood window wall ami
stained cedar siding.
No estimated cast ot these proj
ects was announced by the archi
tectural firm, pending the open
ing of bids.